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Post some favorite loads you’ve used in your 243 Fieldcraft.
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Congrats on your new rifle. I'm sure it will be very nice.
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Thats a nice rifle. If I were to buy a new rifle I would go fieldcraft.......
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A couple days of Google on the WWW would be a good place to start.
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Picked up this load from Jordan for my 700 custom:
41-41.5gr 4350
Fed 210
Lapua brass
105 HPBT
Been very accurate so far with 41gr, haven't pushed up yet and probably won't
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Picked up this load from Jordan for my 700 custom:
41-41.5gr 4350
Fed 210
Lapua brass
105 HPBT
Been very accurate so far with 41gr, haven't pushed up yet and probably won't My go to is 41.0 grains of RL17 under a 105 BTHP, with a CCI 200 and Win brass, and I have MuleDeer's magazine article on this rifle. I'm just looking for other ideas, proven in other Fieldcraft 243s.
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What is particular about the Fieldcraft?
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What is particular about the Fieldcraft? I guess they all like the exact same load....
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What is particular about the Fieldcraft? I guess they all like the exact same load.... Or, they all have the exact same 3" magazine box that allows you to load them long.
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A couple days of Google on the WWW would be a good place to start. It's hard to understate how helpful you are....
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Lots and lots of .243 load threads on here.
Never needed a 3" mag box on a .243 especially with the 105 hpbt.
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You guys got any good .243 AI loads?
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43.5-44 gr 4350 Fed 210 Lapua 105 HPBT 
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Why not try some Retumbo, maybe about 48.0 gr. and a 105 Scenar? 4350 works but for my rifles Retumbo works better. Rio7
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What is particular about the Fieldcraft? I guess they all like the exact same load.... Or, they all have the exact same 3" magazine box that allows you to load them long. That is indeed a characteristic of the rifle that is appealing but regardless of that, each FC will likely be unique in what it prefers and where, like all rifles... You'll have to work up and see yourself regardless of what everyone else is doing... Good luck. It's the best rifle going...
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Well David, I bet you're glad you asked for some help on here. 
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I’m just surprised no one has yet suggested another chambering of the creed variety.
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There are so many .243 loads available in a search it just gets old rehashing the same old stuff.
Especially since you already have a starting point with 17 and hpbt.
26 is good stuff and I might play with it and some 108 eld's or 110 Sierras.
Last edited by Higbean; 07/17/18.
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Dandy, you’ll love the chambering too.
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243 is just fine. I wouldn’t turn down a nice 6 Creed, but don’t think there’s some huge gap between them.
I’ll probably be looking to upgrade my 243 in the not too distant future as mines a bit of a tank and shoots like it has an exceptionally slow twist. Loves the fast light mono’s though, so maybe it’s more about it’s bulk and weight.
I’ll probably set my sights on something a little less exotic than a Fieldcraft, even though I’d love to have one.
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